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Everyone wants a home that mixes affordability with comfort and South Carolina does this very well. Families love the Palmetto State’s beaches, midlands, and mountains as tourists before moving here and calling it home.

But before you decide to relocate, you have to do some research into the exact cost of living around the state — and that’s how we’re going to help you.

These are the places in South Carolina that cost a pretty penny — the most expensive cities in the state. After we saved up for months and could finally afford it, we landed on this list of the ten most expensive cities in South Carolina:

You can then compare the cost of these things in each of the places in South Carolina to figure out which is the most expensive.

For reference, the United State averages a cost of living 100. A score below 100 means that the city has a below average cost of living while a score over 100 has a high cost of living for that category.

So we used that cost of living index in order to rank all of the 61 places in South Carolina that have more than 5,000 people.

The city with the highest cost of living index, Mount Pleasant, rank as being the most expensive.